Toothpick holder



July 12,1927. 1,635,947

c. MARCH TOOTHPICK HOLDER Filed Sept. 8. i926 Fig.1

'NVENTOR W ATTORNEY Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES CARL MARCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOOTHPICK HOLDER.

Application filed September 8, 1926. Serial No. 134,318.

This invention contemplates the provision of a sanitary tooth pick holder, from which a few tooth picks are dispensed into a tray forming part of the holder and from which the tooth picks can be conveniently removed,

and a reserve supply of tooth picks maintained in an auxiliary compartment provided within the holder by a substantially inverted V-shaped member, the latter being designed to be conveniently lifted from time to time to release a portion of its contents as the occasion may require.

In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the holder.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the member employed for forming a compartment in the holder.

The holder indicated at 10 may be constructed from any suitable material and design without departing from the spirit of the invention, but it is preferably construct ed of glass. The holder is provided with aremovable cover 11, while the bottom of said holder is extended a slight distance beyond the adjacent wall thereof to provide a trough 12 into which a few tooth picks are dispensed from the holder from time to time, and from which trough these picks can be conveniently removed. The extended portion of the bottom is provided with a short vertical wall 13 which together with the adjacent wall of the holder forms the trough above mentioned, and this wall 13 is provided with a finger receiving opening 14 to permit the tooth picks to be conveniently and quickly removed from the trough. The adjacent wall of the holder is also provided with a finger receiving opening 15 to permit 46 the tooth picks to be straightened out from time to time should the occasion require, that is to say should the tooth picks become slightly twisted in the holder adjacent the outlet opening or slot 16 through which the tooth picks pass from theholder into the trough. Then again this finger opening 15 in the holder allows the tooth picks to be more conveniently removed from the trough, in that the opening 15 is arranged directly behind the finger receiving opening 14 in the front wall of the trough.

Arranged within the holder 10 is a substantially inverted V-shaped member clearly illustrated in Figure3, which member includes a straight wall 17 which is arranged against the rear wall of the holder, and a longer inclined wall 18 which contacts the bottom of the holder immediately adjacent and at the rear of the slot 16 above mentioned. This inverted V-shaped member when arranged within the holder 10 defines a compartmentfor a reserve supply of tooth picks, which can be released in small quantities therefrom, to lie in advance of the inclined wall 18, by lifting the inverted V- shaped member a slight distance away from the bottom of the holder. For this purpose the inclined wall of the member is provided with a finger receiving opening 19, so that the member can be quickly and conveniently engaged subsequent to the removal of the cover 11, and passing the hand downwardly through the holder 10. Furthermore the inclined wall 18 of this member serves as a partition upon which the tooth picks repose, and guides the latter in the direction of the slot 18 as will be readily understood.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily ap arent, I desire to have it understood, that do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

A sanitary tooth pick holder comprising a receptacle having its bottom extended beyond one wall thereof, a short wall rising from the bottom and forming a trough therewith, said wall of the receptaclehaving a transverse slot-through which the tooth picks are discharged into the trough, said walls having aligned finger receiving openings, an inverted V-shaped member arranged within the receptacle and reposing upon the bottom thereof, and defining a compartment for a reserve supply of tooth picks, one wall of said member constituting an inclined partition for guiding the tooth picks in the direction of said slot, and said wall having a finger receiving opening, whereby the member can be slightly elevated to release a quantity of the tooth picks contained in said compartment.

CARL MARCH. 

